Home Tips, Purchase Process
Want Greener? Go Green! Pay more to get less? That’s one way of looking at how homebuyers are looking at being willing to spend more on a house that promises to have less of an impact on the environment. According to an article in Realtor Magazine, the National...
Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Home Tips, Investment Property, Purchase Process
The 10-year is back to 2.39%, mortgages essentially unchanged for the last three weeks. Today’s rate “drop” — down by 0.035% — began first thing this morning, entirely in place by the release of the Fed’s meeting minutes. The minutes themselves caused a...
Home Tips, Purchase Process
If you are selling your home and getting it appraised either for your own knowledge or for the next buyer’s lender, there are things about a house that are easy to place a value on: bedroom and bath count, property size, distance to public transportation, and square...
Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Purchase Process
Look at this as a business proposition first and foremost by scrutinizing the proximity and access to basic services regarding health, supply, security, and transport. There is a good deal of emotion wrapped up in buying a home. Determining where we will spend the...
Investment Property, Purchase Process
Your living room can offer you a space for hiding away from the worries of the day. You’ve just bought your first investment property, and you can’t wait to rent it out. You plan on being a responsible, accountable landlord to your potential tenants. But have you...